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Multiple documentaries explore history of Black Wall Street and Tulsa Race Massacre

Jimmie Tramel Tulsa World If you assign a series of storytellers to one story, each of them will put their own stamp on that story. How will their stories be the same? In what ways will those stories branch out to be different than the others? That’s what we’ll find out when a tale long untold — the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — is explored in a series of documentaries that have been crafted in conjunction with the centennial of the race massacre and the destruction of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street. ABC News Live’s documentary special, “Tulsa’s Buried Truth,” premiered Tuesday and is available on demand on Hulu. The documentary spun out of reporting for the primetime newsmagazine “Soul of a Nation” and the podcast “Soul of a Nation: Tulsa’s Buried Truth.”

Stacey Abrams to speak at Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial event

Oklahoman Voting rights activist, politician and author Stacey Abrams will be the keynote speaker at the Remember & Rise Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commemoration event. Abrams  best known for her decade of work to improve voter access and political infrastructure in Georgia, both as a state representative and a grassroots activist   will address attendees during the nationally televised event on Memorial Day, May 31, at Tulsa s ONEOK Field. “We are honored to welcome Stacey Abrams to Tulsa for the Centennial,” said Phil Armstrong, project director for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, in a statement. “Her tireless efforts to create equity and access for Black Georgia voters has inspired the entire country to re-envision what inclusive structures, systems and communities should look like. We are excited to hear from Stacey in person and apply her tenacity and dedication to the reconciliation of Greenwood beyond this year.”

Multiple documentaries explore history of Black Wall Street and Tulsa Race Massacre

Experts Clash Over Potential Impact Of Oklahoma's New Law Regulating Racial Curriculum

Experts Clash Over Potential Impact Of Oklahoma’s New Law Regulating Racial Curriculum Oklahoma’s new law on how to teach racial content – House Bill 1775 - has created a lot of rumors about what the bill means. The law is clear that it bans mandatory diversity training in Oklahoma’s universities, but it is less clear on how it will regulate lessons on racism in grade schools. Oklahoma’s Public Schools and Colleges are studying what effect – if any – House Bill 1775 will have on curriculum. The bill, banning required diversity training at colleges and regulating racial content for grade schools, was signed by the Governor and immediately went into effect.

COVID Emergency Ends, Critical Race Theory, Construction Delays & More

Published May 7, 2021 at 5:00 AM CDT Listen This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU s Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and Civil Rights Attorney Ryan Kiesel about Governor Stitt ending the COVID-19 State of Emergency and the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission urging Governor Stitt to veto a bill prohibiting schools from teaching subjects dealing with race and diversity. The trio also discusses the Department of Transportation halting construction on a project after fights between the governor and tribes and lawmakers take their first step in redistricting for the next ten years.